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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: A Reflection on 15 Years of the Good Friday Agreement and Looking Towards the Future: Discussion (11 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The figure was in the region of 52%. That might be incorrect but there is certainly a large cohort whose members are not registered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: A Reflection on 15 Years of the Good Friday Agreement and Looking Towards the Future: Discussion (11 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: That to which we are referring is having an effect on the way politics is run.

Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: First, I commend the Minister on bringing to the Houses of the Oireachtas the Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Bill. When thinking about this subject, it is important that everyone recognises that Ireland is a complex place. For many generations and decades after independence, one was told it was a kind of simple place in which everything was black and white or green,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (16 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide Dáil Éireann with details regarding the extension of the free pre school year; if a cost analysis of such a proposal has been completed, if she will provide this to Dáil Éireann on the record; if not, if she will commit that such an analysis will take place; if she will provide a timeline to Dáil...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (16 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there has been a removal of resource teaching hours for school going children suffering from Down syndrome who are classed as mild even though they suffer from a variety of other problems including difficulties with their speech; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16048/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Urban Trees and Hedges (16 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are laws on the size and height of trees and hedges in urban areas; and if there is a complaints process for citizens who feel their light and stability of walled structures are threatened by trees owned by neighbours. [16766/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System (16 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a specific legal statutory or regulatory basis that allows Garda Superintendents to cancel penalty points after fixed penalty notices have issued to members of the public; his views on whether such a practice has a legal basis; if he will cite the section of an Act of the Oireachtas or Statutory Instrument which provides for same; if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (17 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Chairman for allowing me to contribute to the meeting given that I am not a member of the joint committee. I know the witnesses before the joint committee as I am a member of the education committee of Pavee Point. If that restricts me from making a statement or amounts to a conflict of interest, I ask the Chairman to alert me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (17 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is in the nature of Irish politics that it tends to represent the more powerful. If one considers the composition of the Dáil, it is 87% male, almost exclusively white, does not include anyone from a Traveller background, as far as we are aware, and has few Members from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual, LGBT, community. Unfortunately, therefore, when one seeks to run for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (18 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Health the reason National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics has refused to fund the drug Pirfenidone on financial grounds in view of the fact that Pirfenidone is the only drug available to treat patients with idiopathic lung fibrosis, a progressive terminal lung disease of no known origin, and is therefore a vital life giving medication; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (23 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 661. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the closure of a centre for the elderly (details supplied) in Dublin 3; if he will indicate if a new location has been found; the timeframe for same; and when the service will recommence [19088/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (23 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 661. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the closure of a centre for the elderly (details supplied) in Dublin 3; if he will indicate if a new location has been found; the timeframe for same; and when the service will recommence [19088/13]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised) (23 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am disappointed with the proceedings today, they have been pathetic. What normally happens is that there is a level of political grandstanding. That takes place on the political scene and everyone understands that there is an element of drama and theatrics. However, normally when one comes into these chambers the jackets are taken off, the sleeves are rolled up and we dig deep into the...

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Deputy is an embarrassment.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: After 20 years.

Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Interest Rates (25 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister for being here in person to discuss this issue with me. As he will be well aware, Allied Irish Banks is 100% in State ownership. Yesterday it announced it was adding 0.4 percentage points to its standard variable mortgage rate and raising variable rates at EBS by 0.25 percentage points. As the Minister will know, this move by AIB will adversely affect 70,000 AIB...

Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Interest Rates (25 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister for his reply. He states in his reply: "It would not be fair for 2.1 million taxpayers to subsidise 138,000 owner occupier mortgages, especially when the vast majority of these mortgage holders can afford to pay their mortgages." It is unfair that variable rate mortgage holders are asked to subsidise those on tracker mortgages. Those on tracker mortgages are protected...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (30 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 503. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm the latest update with regard to the negotiation of a bilateral agreement with relevant authorities in Russia; and if a trip to Dublin is scheduled for April 2013 as previously advised. [20097/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (30 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 504. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will advise on the current situation with regard to the registration by the Adoption Authority of Ireland of adoptions from Russia. [20098/13]

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The amendment speaks for itself. It proposes to insert the words "adult learners" in subsection (1)(b) on line 15. Paragraph (b) would read "to consult with the Minister for Social Protection, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, adult learners and employers from time to time for the purpose of determining which, or which classes of, further education and training programmes...